Everest Community Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Basingstoke, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.99 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Everest Community Academy is a secondary school in Basingstoke, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Everest Community Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.99 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.99 miles from the school, the 5th shortest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and than in 2022, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 122 first-choice applications for 141 offers; 114 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 23% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 34.2 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Oxford Way, Oxford Way, Basingstoke, RG24 9UP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 740 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils generally enjoy attending Everest Community Academy because of its strong sense of community.”
- “They appreciate that their teachers get to know them as individuals and create a warm and nurturing environment.”
- “Pupils feel safe in school and know that there are adults they can go to if they have a problem.”
To improve
- “Pupils do not achieve as well as they should at this school.”
- “They recognise that the school’s expectations of them have been raised substantially in the last year, but the education they receive is not always effective for all pupils.”
- “Some struggle to access the work in lessons, and this is not identified as quickly as it should be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 23% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 34.2 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 122 first-preference applications, 141 offers in total, 114 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- The Vyne Community School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Costello School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cranbourne 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School 2.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brighton Hill Community School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Hurst School 6.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Robert May's School 6.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published